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[BengalChris]

(12-31-2016, 02:27 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: The big irony to me was always that IF we won any one of the last 5 playoff games...fans would be on here touting how not signing free agents works and how great the Bengals philosophy is.

It's inevitable that we'll win a playoff game. EVERY NFL Team has won one since we last have. It's remarkable that it's went 26+ years.

Yeah, except being stupid in free agency doesn't work and if anything, Mikey Brown has proven that conclusively.

There are many ways to be stupid with free agency:

1. Over paying with big contracts not warranted by the player's existing accomplishments.
2. Ignore system differences where the incoming player doesn't really fit the system but played well in another system.
3. Signing injured players.
4. Letting better players go while keeping lessor talent because they are cheaper to sign. (Salary cap is certainly a constraint here)
5. Ignoring free agency.
6. Low balling own free agents.
7. Signing me first headcases.

Doing free agency right would be more like this: Signing healthy, good players who fit the current system at the going rate who are team players.

Not very complicated really. Coaches have access to a ton of tape on NFL players, more than they have of guys coming out of college and you know the talent level they've played against. I really don't see why free agency isn't considered a more reliable tool for teams than the draft.